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HAMSTRAD: Tropospheric Vertical Profiles of Water Vapour and Temperature

Entry ID: 910_2_IPEV_FR

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Summary

Abstract: The HAMSTRAD microwave radiometer detects the emission lines of O2 at 60 GHz to retrieve temperature profile (Kelvin) from 0 to 10 km and the line of H2O at 183 GHz to retrieve H2O profile (g m-3) from 0 to 10 km. It is thus possible to also get Integrated Water Vapour (kg m-2). Integration time is about 7 minutes. Vertical resolution is from about 50 m in the Planetary Boundary Layer to 500 m in the UTLS.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Philippe Ricaud

Dataset Title: Dr

Dataset Series Name: HAMSTRAD temperature and H2O

Dataset Release Date: 2011-08-19

Dataset Release Place: Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Toulouse, France

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2010-01-10

Stop Date: 2011-08-19

Start Date: 2009-01-22

Stop Date: 2009-02-02

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > Concordia Station

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > DOME C

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 75°06'S
Longitude Resolution: 123°21'E
Horizontal Resolution Range: 250 meters - < 500 meters
Vertical Resolution Range: 30 meters - < 100 meters
Temporal Resolution Range: 1 minute - < 1 hour

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > PRECIPITABLE WATER

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Instrument

HAMSTRAD > H2O ANTARCTICA MICROWAVE STRATOSPHERIC AND TROPOSPHERIC RADIOMETER

Project

HAMSTRAD > THE H2O ANTARCTICA MICROWAVE STRATOSPHERIC AND TROPOSPHERIC RADIOMETERS (HAMSTRAD) PROGRAM

Quality The instrument is very sensitive in the Planetary Boundary Layer degrading up to the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere.

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

Temperature profile

Water Vapour profile

Integrated Water Vapour

Data Center

Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change, Climate Prediction Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov

Data Center Personnel
Name: PHILIPPE RICAUD Phone: +33.5.61.33.27.23 Fax: +33.5.61.33.27.90 Email: philippe.ricaud at aero.obs-mip.fr Contact Address: 14, avenue Edouard Belin City: Toulouse Postal Code: 31400 Country: France

Distribution

Distribution Format: ASCII > American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Distribution Format: netCDF > NETwork Common Data Format

Personnel

PHILIPPE RICAUD

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +33.5.61.33.27.23

Fax: +33.5.61.33.27.90

Email: philippe.ricaud at aero.obs-mip.fr

Contact Address:

14, avenue Edouard Belin

City: Toulouse

Postal Code: 31400

Country: France

Publications/References

Ricaud, P. Gabard, B. Derrien, S. Attie, J.-L. Rose, T. Czekala, H. (2010) Validation of tropospheric water vapor as measured by the 183-GHz HAMSTRAD Radiometer over the Pyrenees Mountains, France, Ieee geoscience and remote sensing society, 48(5), 2189-2203.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2010-07-15

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-01-25

Future DIF Review Date: 2012-01-01

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